Universal’s cinematic universe of classic movie monsters might be in grave danger
The sun might already be setting on the Dark Universe. The creation of studio executives gone mad with franchise envy, the concept would’ve united Universal’s most fearsome intellectual properties—Frankenstein, the Wolf Man, et al.—in a series of films that technically began with 2014’s Dracula Untold, an origin story conveniently lampshaded by this past summer’s The Mummy. But following that Tom Cruise-led reboot’s failure at the box office, and The Bride Of Frankenstein’s disappearance from Universal’s release schedule (which would’ve been funnier if it was the proposed Invisible Man movie starring Johnny Depp), The Hollywood Reporter says the entire enterprise may have one foot in the grave.